Gem of the Week: “Resolution”-John Coltrane

One of the most masterful brains of avant-garde jazz, John Coltrane and his sax-wielding were accompanied by unmatched ease and emotion. Every band session, LP, and private concert a new and fresh, nose-first dive into sound experiment, the ever-relevant artist’s approach was bracingly wild and unrehearsed–and today, still mimicked.

The iconic A Love Supreme, Coltrane’s last major studio album before his death just two years later, demonstrates his mid-’60s peak of abstractness over the duration of its 4-piece, 32-minute set. Its artistic intent to execute ‘free jazz’ in full form, A Love Supreme operates upon a metaphor of Coltrane’s own, spiritual self-conflict.